NPR News: After his mother's death, Ocean Vuong wrote his way out of grief

After his mother's death, Ocean Vuong wrote his way out of grief
Vuong's new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, is the first he's written, from start to finish, since his mother died in 2019. He says writing it was a way to honor her memory.

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